Mediterranean Baked Sea Bream
A delicious and easy whole fish recipe, perfect for impressing a date, or just craving a taste of the Mediterranean.
Servings 2 people
Calories
Cost $5
Equipment
- Oven Tray
Ingredients
- 1 whole Gilt Head Sea Bream aka Orata, Dorada, Dorate etc. Scaled and gutted. Mine was about 450 grams, if yours is more or less you may have to adjust baking time.
- 1 Lemon
- 5 cloves Garlic peeled and split
- 2 sprigs Rosemary fresh
- 2 tbsp Greek Seasoning Mix store-bought or make my blend
- 2 tbsp Olive Oil high quality, but no need to use anything gourmet as it's being baked
- 1 tsp Flaky Sea Salt
Greek Fish Seasoning Mix
- 1 tbsp Oregano dried
- 1 tsp Marjoram dried
- 2 tsp Thyme dried
- 2 tsp Parsley dried
- 1 tsp Onion Powder
- 2 tsp Black Pepper freshly cracked
- 1 tsp Fennel Seed ground
- 1 tsp Dill Weed powder
Instructions
- Make the seasoning first since that can be stored. Just mix together all seasoning ingredients. If your herbs are not as fine as you'd like and you want to get a real fine grind then use a coffee grinder.
- Pat dry your scaled and gutted fish with a few paper towels. (For cleaning instructions see the body of this article).
- Preheat your oven to 220 Celsius.
- Lay your fish on a cutting board or workstation. Into the cavity of the fish sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the seasoning mix. Then stuff it with the two sprigs of rosemary, the 5 cloves of split garlic, and two wedges of the lemon.
- Rub each side of the fish with the olive oil. Take the other tablespoon of seasoning and season both sides of the fish. Move the fish over to a parchment paper lined baking tray.
- Take a sharp knife and cut three slits diagonally on one side of the fish. Into the slits put half slices of the lemon. Also put two half slices over the tail to prevent it from burning (the tail is edible)!
- Sprinkle with the flaky sea salt and put the tray into the oven.
- Bake the sea bream for 25 minutes. Adjust time if your fish is more or less in weight than mine (450 grams).
- Serve with some roasted potatoes and a wedge of lemon.
Notes
Eat this fish immediately. No one likes the person who microwaves leftover fish.